EP0913236A3 - Gelenkroboter - Google Patents

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EP0913236A3
EP0913236A3 EP98119888A EP98119888A EP0913236A3 EP 0913236 A3 EP0913236 A3 EP 0913236A3 EP 98119888 A EP98119888 A EP 98119888A EP 98119888 A EP98119888 A EP 98119888A EP 0913236 A3 EP0913236 A3 EP 0913236A3
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workpiece
transferring
articulated robot
movable
detecting means
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EP0913236A2 (de
EP0913236B1 (de
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Haruhiro c/o Sankyo Seiki MFG. Co. Ltd. Tsuneda
Yasuyuki c/o Sankyo Seiki MFG. Co. Ltd. Kitahara
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Nidec Instruments Corp
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Sankyo Seiki Manufacturing Co Ltd
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Priority claimed from JP29914597A external-priority patent/JPH11129175A/ja
Priority claimed from JP30472097A external-priority patent/JP3539537B2/ja
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Priority to EP01122439A priority Critical patent/EP1219394B1/de
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10P—GENERIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H10P72/00—Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof
    • H10P72/06—Apparatus for monitoring, sorting, marking, testing or measuring
    • H10P72/0606—Position monitoring, e.g. misposition detection or presence detection
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J9/00—Program-controlled manipulators
    • B25J9/02—Program-controlled manipulators characterised by movement of the arms, e.g. cartesian coordinate type
    • B25J9/04—Program-controlled manipulators characterised by movement of the arms, e.g. cartesian coordinate type by rotating at least one arm, excluding the head movement itself, e.g. cylindrical coordinate type or polar coordinate type
    • B25J9/041—Cylindrical coordinate type
    • B25J9/042—Cylindrical coordinate type comprising an articulated arm
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10P—GENERIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H10P72/00—Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof
    • H10P72/30—Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof for conveying, e.g. between different workstations
    • H10P72/34—Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof for conveying, e.g. between different workstations the wafers being stored in a carrier, involving loading and unloading
    • H10P72/3402—Mechanical parts of transfer devices
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10P—GENERIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H10P72/00—Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof
    • H10P72/30—Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof for conveying, e.g. between different workstations
    • H10P72/38—Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof for conveying, e.g. between different workstations with angular orientation of workpieces
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10P—GENERIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H10P72/00—Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof
    • H10P72/50—Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof for positioning, orientation or alignment
    • H10P72/53—Handling or holding of wafers, substrates or devices during manufacture or treatment thereof for positioning, orientation or alignment using optical controlling means
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S414/00—Material or article handling
    • Y10S414/135—Associated with semiconductor wafer handling
    • Y10S414/136—Associated with semiconductor wafer handling including wafer orienting means
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T74/00—Machine element or mechanism
    • Y10T74/20—Control lever and linkage systems
    • Y10T74/20207—Multiple controlling elements for single controlled element
    • Y10T74/20341—Power elements as controlling elements
    • Y10T74/2036—Pair of power elements

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Robotics (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Manipulator (AREA)
  • Container, Conveyance, Adherence, Positioning, Of Wafer (AREA)
EP98119888A 1997-10-30 1998-10-21 Gelenkroboter Expired - Lifetime EP0913236B1 (de)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP01122439A EP1219394B1 (de) 1997-10-30 1998-10-21 Gelenkroboter

Applications Claiming Priority (6)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP29914597 1997-10-30
JP29914597A JPH11129175A (ja) 1997-10-30 1997-10-30 多関節ロボット
JP299145/97 1997-10-30
JP30472097A JP3539537B2 (ja) 1997-11-06 1997-11-06 多関節ロボット
JP304720/97 1997-11-06
JP30472097 1997-11-06

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EP01122439A Division EP1219394B1 (de) 1997-10-30 1998-10-21 Gelenkroboter

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EP0913236A2 EP0913236A2 (de) 1999-05-06
EP0913236A3 true EP0913236A3 (de) 2000-05-10
EP0913236B1 EP0913236B1 (de) 2002-07-03

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EP (2) EP0913236B1 (de)
DE (2) DE69841678D1 (de)

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EP1219394A2 (de) 2002-07-03
US20010041129A1 (en) 2001-11-15
DE69806326D1 (de) 2002-08-08
US20020048505A1 (en) 2002-04-25
EP0913236A2 (de) 1999-05-06
EP0913236B1 (de) 2002-07-03
DE69841678D1 (de) 2010-07-01
EP1219394A3 (de) 2008-12-03
EP1219394B1 (de) 2010-05-19
DE69806326T2 (de) 2003-03-06
US6491491B1 (en) 2002-12-10

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